Fear is a son of gun! Whether consciously or subconsciously; a majority of decisions we make on a daily basis are rooted in this invisible yet powerful emotion. Don’t get me wrong, fear is normal. Because fear, at its core, is not only an emotional response but a visceral human reaction. Think about it…the art […]
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Everybody talks about how enlightening your 40s are — and they are! PSA: it’s also when your body informs you can’t necessarily do all the things you used to jump up and do without prepping. Well, you can, but not without consequence… Many of us remember the children’s book “Goodnight Moon,” where the premise of the
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As the world starts to reopen (albeit with trepidation in some areas more than others); travel (re)beckons. I’ve always been a huge fan of traveling — you name it, I’m down. Road trips, air travel, train ride— let’s do it! Traveling is a means to not only explore the exterior of what the world has
It’s no secret that success and passion go hand-in-hand. Decades worth of wisdom in that terse declarative. Ok, that’s all folks…..ha — if only! The reality is two of the toughest lessons I learned far later in life than necessary were around defining success and (the torment I inflicted upon myself due to the unsubstantiated
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Figuring out the path forward after graduation is daunting. It can feel as though your entire life is literally hanging on the precipice of either taking off or taking a nose dive based on just one decision. Your network, the quality of your education, your professional and earning trajectory, your friends, even your potential life partner all
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Like Vanilla Ice, the baseline clip for this early ‘80’s classic by Queen with David Bowie caught my attention years ago. Even as a kid, I knew the lyrics from “Under Pressure” reverberated beyond the catchy rhythm. Throughout my adolescence and into adulthood, I found myself coming back to the words in this tune’s chorus
February always brings love to the forefront of the mind, although it ought to remain a constant fixture in the heart and frontal lobe. For a lot folks, love is structured interrogatively — like JLo famously did for her 7th Studio Album: “Love?;” as opposed to declaratively. Love alludes most. I’m not talking about marriage
